http://www.rethinkip.com/archives/patent_rankings_the_numbers_game_v_patent_quality.html Every year, several lists are published that purport to rank various types of organizations on some type of innovation scale.  The lists provide great headline material (“Top ten universities announced;” “Most innovative companies named,” etc.), but not much else.  It seems there’s a list for... en-us http://www.patentchronicles.com/archives/20050420/numbers-vs-quality/ Excellent post over at rethink(ip). They make the extremely valid point that having a lot of patents does not mean you have quality patents. For the analysis that I do, I try to go at least one layer below the raw numbers (e.g., best companies at get...